Pleuranthodium Explained

Pleuranthodium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to New Guinea, one to Queensland and one to the Bismarck Archipelago.^[1]

Species

• Pleuranthodium biligulatum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium branderhorstii (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium comptum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium floccosum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium floribundum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium gjellerupii (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium hellwigii (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium iboense (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium macropycnanthum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium neragaimae (Gilli) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium papilionaceum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium pedicellatum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium peekelii (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - Bismarck Archipelago
• Pleuranthodium pelecystylum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium piundaundensis (P.Royen) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium platynema (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium pterocarpum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium racemigerum (F.Muell.) R.M.Sm. - Queensland
• Pleuranthodium roemeri (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium schlechteri (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium scyphonema (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium tephrochlamys (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea
• Pleuranthodium trichocalyx (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021-01-07. wcsp.science.kew.org.